Saturday, September 18, 2010

Striker could be Villa bound

MICHAEL OWEN is in line to become Gerard Houllier's first signing for Aston Villa.

The new Villa boss is set to make a swoop for the former England striker during the January transfer window either on loan or for a nominal fee.

Houllier watched Owen play in Jamie Carragher's testimonial game at Anfield last Saturday and was impressed by his form and fitness.

He will be keen to reunite his relatonship with the striker which flourished so successfully at Liverpool that Owen was named European Player of the Year in 2001 after helping fire the club to a treble of trophy successes.

Owen's contract with Manchester United expires at the end of the season and he remains a bit-part player at Old Trafford.

He might welcome to chance to reignite and extend his career by another two years at Villa under Houllier.

And it would be the sort of budget signing which will appeal to owner Randy Lerner whose decision to tighten the purse-strings led to the resignation of Martin O'Neill.

Bosses order strict crackdown and threaten to axe 'wild' wannabes

ROWDY X Factor finalists have been warned they must behave or face being BOOTED OFF the show.

Fed-up bosses are introducing ten tough new rules to keep the singers - branded a load of "wild animals" - in line after they went on the rampage TWICE during filming.

The crackdown will stop BOOZE BINGES, PUNCH-UPS and SEX ROMPS.

Last night a show insider said: "It may seem far-fetched, but this is the most out-of-control bunch of finalists we have EVER had. If they don't follow the rules they'll be kicked off."

Producers were forced to act after the wannabes damaged a hotel during boot camp and Simon Cowell's Spanish villa at the judges' houses stage.

The News of the World can reveal the rules include tough restrictions on alcohol, no relationships between contestants, or between singers and fans, and zero tolerance on damaging property and drug use.

They will be enforced by show minders and are meant to control the singers when they move into the X Factor house for the live finals.

ROWDY: Boyband The Reason, singer Storm Lee and girl group Hustle

The source added: "Some of them have acted like wild animals. After everything that's gone on over the last few weeks, we can't face any more controversy."

Groups such as The Reason, Princes and Rogues, and all-girl bands Dice and Husstle have already been given a dressing down.

And there are also worries about budding romance between contestants Katie Waissel, 24, and Storm Lee, 31.

This week show boss Simon spoke to fellow judges Louis Walsh, Cheryl Cole and Dannii Minogue about his concerns.

The source explained: "He has stressed that the reputation of The X Factor is at stake. He wanted the judges to pick based on talent but then ensure the contestants' behaviour improves."

Bosses won't be afraid to ditch finalists if they break the rules. The source said: "If someone misbehaves they will be out. Everything they do is under the microscope. It's being made clear to them exactly what the expectations are and exactly how they should behave. There will be no excuses if they break the rules."

The drastic action comes after singers caused thousands of pounds of damage at boot camp in July.

Riot police were called after 20 finalists went on the rampage at the Premier Inn in Wembley, North London, after a five-hour booze bender. They also stripped naked in public and terrified fellow guests.

Then last month, drunk finalists trashed the luxury villa where Cowell was filming the judges' houses round, damaging a £10,000 Persian carpet and waking him up. He has demanded the culprits pay for the damage.

This follows a scandal last year after finalists got "out of control" in the X Factor house. Psychologists were called into the mansion because some of the housemates were at breaking point after complicated personal relationships developed.

And in 2008, bosses were rocked by a pregnancy scare after a testing kit was found in one of the contestants' rooms.

But show bosses are determined the 2010 series will be different.

An insider said: "In previous years we didn't have any trouble until the contestants started living together.

"This year the behaviour has been bad from such an early stage.

"They're a trouble-making bunch so if we're not careful who knows what they could get up to."

10 golden rules

1. No getting drunk

2. No sexual relationships between contestants

3. No leaving the house without permission

4. Lads and girls must stay apart overnight

5. No pornography in the house

6. Zero tolerance on damaging property

7. Zero tolerance on drug use

8. 24 hour-a-day security surveillance

9. No relationships with X Factor fans

10. No overnight stays for contestants' boyfriends or girlfriends during live finals.

Pals said she is not ready to spend a night in the same house as Rooney.

Betrayed Coleen had been adamant the two-year marriage was over - but we can reveal she dramatically caved in after one of several tearful phone calls from the England striker.

A source close to the couple told the News of the World: "Coleen spoke to him on the phone and she was really cold and angry with him.

"She didn't admit for a second that she would take him back or even discuss a future with him.

"Then she put the phone down and dropped to her knees like a rag doll. She is angry, upset and distraught but at the end of the day she still loves him very much. Coleen didn't marry Wayne for money and fame.

"She married him for love. She said, 'I hate him right now, but deep down I know I love him and this is the man I should be with'.

"I know it sounds cheesy but it is breaking her heart being apart from him. She says she doesn't want to be without him." Today we can reveal devastated Coleen:

THREESOME: Jenny (right) and Helen PHOTO: Carl Sukonik

Will take Rooney back on TRIAL and put him under "house arrest."

Is TORTURED "thinking about him with those sluts."

Flew into a RAGE after discovering Rooney stayed with his Manchester United team mates on Friday night in the Lowry Hotel, the very place he bedded vice girl Jenny Thompson.

Has decided to put their sex life ON HOLD indefinitely.

We revealed last week how Rooney met hooker Jenny, 21, in a Manchester casino last June.

He hired her and prostitute pal Helen Wood, 23, for a threesome at the five-star Lowry.

Rooney then repeatedly bought the £1,200 services of brunette Jenny over several months while trusting Coleen was pregnant with Kai, now ten months old.

The source told us: "When Coleen first found out about the hookers she felt sick and said she would end the marriage straight away. She has been physically ill throughout this week coping with the stress. He claims he loves her so much, so she can't understand why he would want to pay a hooker for sex.

"She said, "I can't operate. The whole time I am thinking about him with those sluts. Instantly she told Wayne there was no going back and he was a bastard and she would never forgive him or take him back.

"But as the hours dragged on she has realised that she can't just give up on everything they have. She comes from a strong Catholic family. They believe in fidelity but also keeping a marriage together.

"Her faith is very important to her and it has got a huge influence on Coleen wanting the marriage to work. She is now starting to accept that people make mistakes and can be forgiven. It's so sad. The man she adores has treated her like dirt, but she still wants to be with him.

SCOOP: How we broke the story

"She's also watched Kai missing his daddy and knows how much Wayne misses him, as she does.

"Coleen has said Kai will be one of the key factors when she is making her decisions about the future.

"She has always been determined for her children to grow up in a happy household.

"They were planning to have more children but that is definitely on hold now. The last thing on her mind is any intimacy with Wayne."

And Coleen is determined to lay down some strict rules for Rooney in return for giving their marriage another go. Our source said: "Coleen will give him a number of conditions to make their marriage work on a trial basis. She will put Wayne under house arrest.

"No boozing with team mates will be allowed. The clear message to Wayne is that he needs to start acting like a father."

The source also revealed she was horrified when she found out the Man United team had been booked into the Lowry on Friday night in preparation for their match against his old team Everton yesterday.

CHILDHOOD SWEETHEARTS: Wayne and Coleen PHOTO: PA

The insider went on: "That really upset her. Coleen hated to think of him back in the hotel where he had sex with those prostitutes.

"She got really upset and started questioning whether she would always be tormented. Part of her knows she should end it but deep down she knows she can't.

"Now she is thinking of how she can work out the marriage without everyone saying she is a fool. She already feels like an idiot because she didn't have a clue what he was doing right under her nose."

Our insider also revealed Coleen, who like Rooney is 24, is furious at people telling her what to do with her marriage.

The source said: "Coleen said the other day, 'What would they do? If they loved someone and had a child by them, would they just dump him? I wish people would stop telling me what to do with my marriage.'

"That made her really angry and also really upset.

"But she was really pleased when Wayne told her, without any prompting, that he would go for some kind of counselling. That was a comfort to her, like he has some kind of condition, that he knows how utterly wrong it is and needs help."

ROO BAD BOY: Star Wayne PHOTO: bigpicturesphoto.com

Last week hooker Jenny told us: "Wayne chased me with sex texts and paid in wads of cash. He didn't seem to care he was betraying Coleen. Wayne certainly enjoyed all our meetings and didn't seem to care what he was doing to his wife.

"I think he believes he's invincible and untouchable. As a woman, I wouldn't like that done to me, especially if I was pregnant."

The source told us: "Coleen was furious that the prostitute talked about HER marriage.

"Normally when people are talking about her she would turn to Wayne and they would sort it out together. Strangely it has made her realise just how much she needs him, despite the fact that he has caused all of this."

After our revelations Coleen fled the family's £4.5million mansion in Prestbury, Cheshire, to stay with parents Tony and Colette in Roby, Liverpool.

Yesterday she returned for a meeting with Rooney at the marital home, taking Kai with her.

She arrived around 3pm, just minutes after Man United's lunchtime match against Everton finished. Rooney, who'd been facing a barrage of taunts from fans at his former club, was not picked for the team or even on the subs' bench.

That allowed the couple to spend the afternoon together trying to thrash things out. Our source said: "Coleen wants to know everything. Why he did it, how he could lie to her and what guilt he really feels.

"Her parents suggested they go away to their holiday home in the Caribbean to talk things through but she doesn't want to go that far away yet because her sister is so ill."

Adopted 12-year-old sister Rosie is critical in hospital.

SUPPORT: Coleen's parents Colette and Tony

Coleen and her family have been at the little girl's bedside at Liverpool's famous Alder Hey Hospital since she suffered a stroke and lapsed into a coma.

Our source said: "Coleen doesn't want Rosie to sense anything is wrong. She just wants her to get better. She is trying to stay strong for Rosie, acting normal around her and around Kai. Coleen would have loved to have had Wayne's support throughout this week but she had to deal with Rosie first."

United boss Ferguson explained Rooney's omission from the team which drew 3-3 with Everton yesterday, saying: "We made a decision simply because he gets terrible abuse here. We don't want to subject him to that."

But sources close to Rooney say Sir Alex is furious with his player's behaviour and thought the best way to deal with him was to drop him.

One pal said: "Being dropped gave Wayne the opportunity to meet up with Coleen. He knows all he can do is beg and apologise and just hope Coleen will take him back."

Rumours have been rife about when the couple will wed. They met at the University of St Andrews in Scotland and have dated for eight years - splitting up twice along the way.

VENUE?: St George's Chapel

Talk reached fever pitch when Wills turned 28 in June - after once saying he'd marry by the time he was 28 or 30. Royal biographer Tina Brown claimed the nuptials would be that month while others wrongly said it would be in Westminster Abbey in August.

Our high-level source, who correctly revealed the date of Charles and Camilla's Windsor wedding in April 2005, confirmed the Queen is in favour of a 2012 ceremony

She feels it would enhance her jubilee celebrations rather than undermine them. But she would prefer a smaller royal wedding at St George's Chapel, Windsor, rather than an "all singing all dancing" bash like Charles and Diana who wed at St Paul's Cathedral in 1981.

The source continued: "Windsor is traditionally a royal wedding venue. It's a more controlled environment within the confines of the castle."

Wills, who is expected to graduate as a RAF search-and-rescue pilot next week, is also said to prefer a low-key celebration. He is against Westminster Abbey, where the Queen married, as a location as it was the venue for his mother Diana's funeral 13 years ago.

Kate, 28, has been nicknamed Waity Katie because of William's reluctance to name a wedding date.

But insiders say Kate and Wills - who we exclusively revealed now live together in North Wales near his RAF base - are happy to wait until 2012 to wed.

CHARLES: Wed Camilla in Windsor

The source added: "There's no rush. Kate will be at William's side as his wife for the jubilee in the Olympic year, but their reasoning not to wed before then is simply that it will focus undue attention on them before they want it.

"Today they live in relative peace. They enjoy a life like no other royal couple before them. As soon as they wed they know Kate will become public property. There is no need to put undue pressure on themselves right now."

Until recently Kate has been working for her parents' party goods firm, dividing her time between the family home in Berkshire and William's rented farmhouse in Wales.

Sources say she has not been seen at Party Pieces for months - and is now focused on William and her photography hobby

GRIEF: Barack Obama hugs a young woman yesterday as they grieve together for the victims of 9/11. PHOTO: EPA/Olivier Douliery / Pool

Attack's real toll

By Paul McNamara, Defence Correspondent, 12/09/2010

A SILENT world watched as the names of the 2,973 victims of 9/11 were read out in New York yesterday - but THOUSANDS more should be added to the list.

GRIEF: Firefighter cries. PHOTO: AP

For the true death toll is at least 123,870 people... all of whose fates were sealed on the day the Twin Towers were attacked in 2001.

They include the 6,808 soldiers, 502 of them British, 1,661 contractors, and 111,817 civilians killed since by terrorists and insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan.

There's also the 52 victims of the London bombings of July 7, 2005, and another 569 who died in the Bali (2002), Madrid (2004) and Mumbai (2008) terror attacks.

And the staggering figures, the result of a huge study by US and UK academics, do not include the thousands more slaughtered in terrorist outrages in Pakistan, Indonesia, Africa and elsewhere.

FLOWERS: PM's tribute. PHOTO: Fiona Hansen/PA

But today family members of some of the British victims joined together to say: "Don't let them die in vain."

Peter Hammond, from Plymouth, whose soldier son Josh, 18, was blown up in Afghanistan last year, said: "Josh was only 10 when 9/11 happened, but ultimately it would be the reason he died.

"But my son was part of something special - a movement to tell all the backers of 9/11 and all other terrorist acts since then that this world does not condone them, and will never stop doing all we can for peace."

Bill Stewardson, of Sheffield - whose son Alex, 21, was shot in Iraq in 2007 - said: "He knew the risk he faced, but he believed in what was going on."

A nation in mourning

Barack Obama hugged a young woman yesterday as they grieved together for the victims of 9/11.

U-TURN: Pastor Jones. PHOTO: Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images

The President had just laid a wreath at the Pentagon in memory of the 184 people killed there when terrorists crashed a jet into the building in 2001.

It was part of a national day of mourning for the US, and came as the pastor threatening to hold a public burning of Islamic holy book the Koran was forced into a climbdown. Terry Jones told US TV: "We will definitely not burn the Koran, not today, not ever."

But at Ground Zero, a unnamed man was seeing burning pages from the Koran, and a small group of conservative Christians tore pages from the holy book outside the White House.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Most of us see airport security as a pain.. Some of us even feel violated. When you see the below pictures, you'll understand why they want our cell phones through thex-ray machine. If you get asked to test your cell phone at the airport, this is the reason. Cell phone guns have arrived.

AND they are real.

Beneath the digital phone face is a .22 caliber handgun capable of firing four rounds in rapid succession using the standard telephone keypad. European law enforcement officials are stunned by the discovery of these deadly decoys. They say phone guns arechanging the rules of engagementinEurope. Only when you have one in your hand do you realize that they are heavier than a regular cell phone.

Be patient if security asks to look at your cell phone or turn it on to show that it works. They have a good reason! Wake up to our NEW WORLD!! We shouldn't complain aboutairport security'invading your privacy.

The nose has a left and a right side; we use both to inhale and exhale. Actually they are different; you would be able to feel the difference. The right side represents the sun, left side represents the moon. During a headache, try to close your right nose and use your left nose to breathe.

In about 5 mins, your headache will go. If you feel tired, just reverse, close your left nose and breathe through your right nose. After a while, you will feel your mind is refreshed. Right side belongs to 'hot', so it gets heated up easily, left side belongs to 'cold'. Most females breathe with their left noses, so they get "cooled off" faster.

Most of the guys breathe with their right noses, they get worked up. Do you notice the moment we wake up, which side breathes faster? Left or right? ? If left is faster, you will feel tired. So, close your left nose and use your right nose for breathing, you will get refreshed quickly. This can be taught to kids, but it is more effective when practiced by adults. My friend used to have bad headaches and was always visiting the doctor. There was this period when he suffered headache literally every night, unable to study. He took painkillers, did not work.

He decided to try out the breathing therapy here: closed his right nose and breathed through his left nose. In less than a week, his headaches were gone! He continued the exercise for one month. This alternative natural therapy without medication is something that he has experienced. So, why not give it a try?

Just got to know about this case through a friend that this thing
actually happened to one of his co-workers.

She used her credit card to purchase gas at the pump (like most of us
do).

She received her receipt like normal. However, when she checked her
statement, there were 2 $50 charges added in
addition to her purchase.

Upon investigation, she found out that because she did not press the
'CLEAR' button on the pump, the employee inside
the store was able to use her card to purchase his/her own gas! To
keep this from happening, after you get your
receipt, you must press the 'CLEAR' button or your information will be
stored until the next customer inserts their card.

Be sure to tell all your friends/family so that this doesn't happen to
them!
Pressing the clear button is a must whenever your have the
transactions,
wherenever, whenever and every time.